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Job overview

To join our dynamic team as a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Clinical Engineer, you will assume responsibility for maintaining, calibrating, and repairing a diverse array of electrical and biomedical specialist equipment utilized at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT. Your role encompasses ensuring that medical devices adhere to industry standards, resolving technical issues, and collaborating with various departments to enhance equipment performance. As an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, you will commission and conduct acceptance testing on new medical devices, as well as undertake planned maintenance, repairs, fault-finding, and electrical safety testing on intricate medical equipment. Your scope will involve managing equipment such as life support, patient monitoring, patient therapy, diagnostics, ventilators, and anaesthetic equipment, which may occasionally be connected to patients. Furthermore, you will participate in an on-call rota to provide emergency 24-hour coverage. The ideal candidate will demonstrate robust technical expertise, exceptional problem-solving abilities, and a steadfast commitment to upholding the highest standards of safety and reliability in medical equipment

Main duties of the job

•    This is a senior engineer position within the Clinical Engineering Department.
•    The post is as the lead technical specialist providing technical expertise to support the clinical application of a wide range of complex and patient critical medical devices within the main work area. The main work area within the hospital will be critical area including NNU and Maternity and as an additional support for ITU and theatres at the start of employment but will be subject to change, depending on the work pressures of the department. The role could involve a rotational cover of all the clinical areas covered by the team.
•    The post holder also takes responsibility for the training of other team members in the equipment and applications in their specialist area, and provides technical expertise, supervision and training to other engineers as required.
•    The position also involves supervising workshop activities and stepping in for other specialized senior engineers when necessary.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.